Organizational
culture and change management are essential
considerations in any successful Lean Six Sigma
program. In this presentation, we will discuss
a set of guidelines used by one company to help
foster a culture of quality enterprise-wide.
We’ll include several examples from our CMMI
High Maturity initiative that will provide Lean
Six Sigma practitioners with specific tips on
how to actively promote a culture of quality
within their own
organizations.

Mr. Ron
Lear:
As Booz Allen Hamilton's Corporate
Quality Director, Ron leads the firm’s
Corporate Quality Office, in support of over
23,000 employees across the globe.Ron is an
accomplished, senior quality executive and
advisor with more than 31 years of experience
and is an internationally recognized leader in
several key organizations:

CMMI
NextGen Sponsor, Architecture Working Group
representative, and
advisor

Senior
member of the American Society for Quality
(ASQ)

Member of
ISACA and the Conference Board Quality
Council

Member of
the United States ISO Technical Committee
(ISO/TC 176 or TAG
176)

Corporate representative
and liaison to the American Productivity and
Quality Center (APQC)

Mr. Kevin
Schaaff is a Principal
at Booz Allen
Hamilton responsible for the system
delivery of large scale IT systems. He is also
a Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering
Institute. He is a certified High
Maturity Lead Appraiser and Instructor, with
over 30 years of experience in Systems
Engineering and Project Management. His
previous experience includes managing a variety
of programs ranging from large Navy R&D
efforts to implementing small to medium scale
IT Systems. Before joining the SEI, Kevin led other
organization's quality programs to SW-CMM and
CMMI Maturity Level 3, CMMI Maturity Level 5
and was responsible for numerous sites being
both ISO and AS9100
registered.

Location and
Registration

The presenters will be at the
TeqCorner location with
the presentation offeredto remote
dial-in attendees via teleconference and
WebEx.

Sponsored Jointly
By: The American Society
for Quality (ASQ), Washington DC & Maryland
Metro Section (509) & Northern Virginia
Section (511) Lean Six Sigma Special Interest
Group (LSS SIG). The ASQ LSS
exists to serve the
interests and needs of the Six Sigma
professional community around the National
Capital Region. Monthly meetings with
expert speakers highlight topics that matter to
you and your business. We
meet every month in person and via remote
dial-in.

Our Next Regular Meeting: Tuesday May
24,
2017

Welcome

A Happy Belated ASQ LSS SIG
New Year to you all! Well, you've survived the
snows and cold of Winter Storm
Jonas and Super Bowl 50. As you may or may not
been aware, the LSS SIG
Executive Team decided not to begin our in
January so we may avoid some of the
white stuff. I think we predicted it well but
we are ready to start our 2016
program.

First and foremost,
we
want your opinion! “Practice what you preach,
preach it to a practice survey!”
You are the Voice of the Customer so it’s
important that we capture your
thoughts and expectations so please take the
ASQ LSS SIG Section 509/511 survey
at:

It’s important that we get
your feedback so that we can improve our LSS
SIG meeting experience! It’s a
simple 10 question survey and should not take
more than ten minutes to
complete. The Executive team will be offering a
special token of appreciation
to attendees at the February meeting. If we hit
a response rate greater than
10% by February 23rd, we will be offering a
special raffle beyond the UCR LSS
SIG ASQ books. We would like to use time at our
February meeting to highlight
the survey results. We are looking at your
responses to provide greater value
to you and your career but more importantly how
that can be within our LSS SIG
community. So go online and take the survey.
For those of you who can’t get to
functional computer we will have hard copies
for attendees at our first meeting
of the year.

Most of us are familiar with
the Ted Talks, but have you heard of Tech
Talks? In May, for the first time,
are looking to have three LSS SMEs provide
short, informal yet conversational
talks in a Ted Talk format lean or six sigma
topics, tools and methodologies
that you are passionate about. Suggestions
include:

-Best
practices and lessons learned on applying lean
six sigma in an
organization

-Pot Holes:
things to
avoid at all cost when applying lean within an
organization

-Some of
the greatest
discoveries (or success) within a career in
lean six sigma

As you can see, these are
intended to be your stories! We are looking for
three volunteers to present a
topic within 15 minute sessions. You can use
slides if you wish, but it is not
necessary. Again, we want to hear your story
and your lessons learned. We will be
looking for you at the February meeting and
will be making a selection for the
April meeting. If this is a successful event,
we will try this again in the
2016-7 year.

Lastly, a special thanks to
all of our veteran attendees as well as our
first time attendees. We want to
tell you how much we appreciate your support
and want to provide the very best
in tools and experiences to further your career
in lean, six sigma, and quality
management.

With the Very Best Regards,

Your ASQ 509/511
Executive
Team

James,
Danny, Ron,
and Rhonda

About ASQ's Lean Six Sigma Special Interest Group (SIG)

Scope

Surging demand (government) is driving
supply (contractors) of Six Sigma services in
the National Capital Region (NCR) – Washington
D.C. and surrounding MD/VA areas. The
demand is also driving the translation of Six
Sigma to Transactional Service from
Manufacturing. Growing pains are
inevitable. To mitigate the impact of
this transition, communication not only between
government and contractors but also among
contractors is critical to effective and proper
implementation of Six Sigma projects. In
this market of cooperative competition
(“co-opetition”), the SIG serves as a neutral,
competition-free zone for the balanced exchange
of ideas, best-practices and lessons learned to
benefit all market parties.

Vision

To promote the furtherance, understanding
and standardization of the Six Sigma
industry Body of Knowledge (BoK) by and for Six
Sigma professionals in the Transactional
Service Sector.

Mission

The SIG exists to serve the interests and
needs of the Six Sigma professional community
around the National Capital Region.
Monthly meetings with expert speakers highlight
topics that matter to you and your
business. Periodic electronic newsletters
alert you to relevant news and trends.
Simply put, the SIG’s mission is to help you
...

1. Be in-the-loop: Information is key.
Monthly meetings help you stay in-the-know
about high-relevance and high-impact issues
affecting the Six Sigma community.

2. Be well-connected: It’s what you know,
but also who you know. Network with current and
prospective clients, colleagues and
competitors.

3. Be resource-full: Treat others as you’d
like to be treated. Count on the SIG’s loose
network of professionals for resources and be
recognized among your peers as a go-to expert.

4. Be wise: Don’t repeat mistakes,
benchmark! Share and learn lessons and
best-practices from those in the same boat and
those who’ve been there done that.

5. Be innovative: Let diverse expert
speakers from business and academia challenge
and inspire your Six Sigma thinking with a
fusion of new ideas and unique
perspectives.

6. Be...long: You’re not alone. Meet
like-minded professionals equally passionate
about their work in an open, friendly
atmosphere of learning and professional
growth.